North Wales (National Assembly for Wales electoral region)
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| Welsh Assembly electoral region | |
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| North Wales shown within Wales | |
| Created 1999 |
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| Current representation | |
| Labour Party | 5 AMs |
| Plaid Cymru | 4 AMs |
| Conservative Party | 3 AMs |
| Liberal Democrats | 1 AM |
| Constituencies 1. Aberconwy 2. Alyn and Deeside 3. Arfon 4. Clwyd South 5.Clwyd West 6. Delyn 7. Vale of Clwyd 8. Wrexham 9. Ynys Môn |
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| Preserved counties Clwyd (part) Gwynedd (part) Powys (part) |
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North Wales is an electoral region of the National Assembly for Wales, consisting of nine constituencies. The region elects thirteen members, nine directly elected constituency members and four additional members. The electoral region was first used in the 1999 Welsh Assembly election, when the Assembly for Wales was created.
Each constituency elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post electoral system, and the region as a whole elects four additional or top-up Assembly Members, to create a degree of proportional representation. The additional member seats are allocated from closed lists by the d'Hondt method, with constituency results being taken into account in the allocation.
As created in 1999, the region covers the most of the preserved county of Clwyd, part of the preserved county of Gwynedd, and part of the preserved county of Powys. Other parts of these preserved counties are within the Mid and West Wales electoral region. For the 2007 Welsh Assembly election, however, boundaries will change, and the region will cover all of the preserved county of Clwyd and part of the preserved county of Gwynedd. The rest of Gwynedd will be in the Mid and West Wales region.
The constituencies have the names and boundaries of constituencies of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster). For Westminster election purposes, however, there are no electoral regions, and constituency boundary changes will become effective for the next United Kingdom general election.
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| Constituency | 2007 Result | Preserved county |
|---|---|---|
| Aberconwy | Gareth Jones Plaid Cymru |
Entirely within Clwyd |
| Alyn and Deeside | Carl Sargeant Labour |
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| Arfon | Alun Ffred Jones Plaid Cymru |
Entirely within Gwynedd |
| Clwyd South | Karen Sinclair Labour |
Entirely within Clwyd |
| Clwyd West | Darren Millar Conservative |
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| Delyn | Sandy Mewies Labour |
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| Vale of Clwyd | Ann Jones Labour |
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| Wrexham | Lesley Griffiths Labour |
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| Ynys Môn | Ieuan Wyn Jones Plaid Cymru |
Entirely within Gwynedd |
| Party | Constituency Seats | List Votes (vote %) | D'Hondt Entitlement | Additional Members Elected | Total Members Elected | Deviation from D'Hondt Entitlement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wales Labour Party | 5 | 51831 (34%) | 4 | 0 | 5 | +1 |
| Plaid Cymru | 3 | 45127 (21.7%) | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Welsh Conservative Party | 1 | 50266 (25.6%) | 4 | 2 | 3 | -1 |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 15275 (7.8%) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| British National Party | 0 | 9986 (5.1%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UKIP | 0 | 8015 (4.1%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Green Party | 0 | 5660 (2.9%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Socialist Labour Party | 0 | 2209 (1.1%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other parties (each 1% or less) | 0 | 2642 (1.3%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Constituency | Preserved counties |
|---|---|
| Alyn and Deeside | Entirely within Clwyd |
| Caernarfon | Entirely within Gwynedd |
| Clwyd South | Partly Clwyd, partly Powys |
| Clwyd West | Entirely within Clwyd |
| Conwy | Partly Clwyd, partly Gwynedd |
| Delyn | Entirely within Clwyd |
| Vale of Clwyd | |
| Wrexham | |
| Ynys Môn | Entirely within Gwynedd |